Pope Marcellus II
Marcellus II ( born May 6, 1501 Montefano (Trade ); † May 1, 1555 in Rome), born Marcello Cervini name, was from 9 April to May 1, 1555 Pope of the Catholic Church. In memory of Pope remained mainly because of him by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Missa composition dedicated Papae Marcelli ( " Mass of Pope Marcellus ").
Origin
Marcello Cervini was from Tuscany. His father was Ricardo Cervini. Marcello Cervini studied archeology, architecture, astronomy and mathematics in Siena.
Clerical career
On December 19, 1539, Pope Paul III. him a cardinal, his titular church was Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, shortly before he became bishop of Nicastro and a member of the Inquisition. Since 1545, he participated in several meetings of the Council of Trent as legate.
In 1548 he became cardinal librarian ( Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae Protector) of the Vatican Library. Under him the Vatican Library experienced a small flower, because he added the stock over 500 valuable books. He also had new library catalogs in Latin and Greek customize.
Pontificate
On April 9, 1555 Conclave elected him after four election days as the new Pope. Marcellus II was previously the last pope, who used his birth name as Pope names. In antiquity it was first reversed so that only those popes Pope names new zulegten whose civilian name sounded too pagan.
In his short pontificate he appointed no cardinals; only under his successor, three were related to him, namely Carlo Carafa, Diomede Carafa and Alfonso Carafa created. His enthronement at St. Peter took place in an unspectacular and at the same time but impressive frame. It was Holy Thursday of the year 1555, when the new pope, according narrative twelve poor men from Rome washed the feet and then had himself crowned in a simple ceremony with the tiara.
Coat of arms
The original shows the Lamb of God with angled right front leg looking left before nine ears of corn. It is located three-dimensionally carved in stone at the Palazzo Cervini.
Marcellus coat of arms has already in the first decades after his pontificate strange variants. The number of ears of corn fluctuates between four and nine, and sometimes examines the Lamb of God to the right and sometimes it is even a deer with antlers.
Death
Pope Marcellus II died after a pontificate of only 22 days. The cause of death, renal failure is assumed that the Pope had a severe kidney problems today. He was buried in St. Peter. On his grave stone are the words of the poet Faustus Sabaeus ( translated):
"Not you 're buried, as befits your dignity And another grave stone gebühret thee, O Marcellus, But you 'll always be wherever you lie, honored Not the grave honoring the ash - the ash honors the grave "